conclude

Verb

Verb Forms: concluded, concluding, concludes

To bring to an end; to finish or decide.
decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
bring to a close
- "The committee concluded the meeting"
reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
come to a close
reach agreement on
- "They concluded an economic agreement"
- "We concluded a cease-fire"
To end; to come to an end.
To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.
To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.
To shut up; to enclose.
To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.
to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Examples

A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.
From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.
He hoped his triple-word score play would CONCLUDE the Scrabble game in his favor.
The defendant is concluded by his own plea.
The story concluded with a moral.
to conclude a bargain

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English concluden, borrowed from Latin conclūdere (“to shut up, close, end”).

Synonyms

close, reason, reason out, resolve

Antonyms

begin, commence, initiate, start

Scrabble Score: 13

conclude: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
conclude: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
conclude: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

conclude: valid Words With Friends Word